Source · Care Inspectorate

Colinton Private Nursery

Provider Colinton Nurseries Limited Type Day Care of Children Location Edinburgh Last graded 26 Feb 2026

Recorded Key Question grade range: 4 — Good  View on Care Inspectorate

Key Question scores

Six-point scale
Support and wellbeing
Care and support planning
4
Setting
4
Staff team
Leadership
4
Care, play and learning
4

Requirements & recommendations

0 requirements · 2 recommendations

Verbatim text from the Care Inspectorate datastore. Requirements cite a specific regulation and deadline; recommendations are good-practice guidance against the Health and Social Care Standards.

Visit: 29 January 2026
Recommendation 1

1. To ensure children's needs are consistently met, the provider should ensure that staff deployment within the 2-3 room considers staff's diverse skills, children's routines, particularly during staff breaks. This is to ensure care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards, which state that: ‘My care and support is consistent and stable because people work together well’ (HSCS 3.19).

Recommendation 2

1. To ensure children’s healthcare needs can be safely met, the provider should ensure effective management of medication systems are in place in line with guidance. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: ‘Any treatment or intervention that I experience is safe and effective’ (HSCS 1.24).

Registry facts

Service no: CS2010237324
Provider no: SP2010010773
Ownership: Private
Registered places: 59
Registered: 29 October 2010
Council area: City of Edinburgh
Health board: Lothian
Integration authority: Edinburgh
Risk band: LOW